Design, Architecture & Art, School of: Recent submissions
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Upper Harbor Terminal Park: Reconnecting Neighborhood and Linking History through Memories along a Post-Industrial River Front in North Minneapolis
(North Dakota State University, 2018)This thesis examines the potential benefits of having an open public space that can be a downtown amenity for the population of north Minneapolis. Over the coming years the state of Minnesota is experiencing growth due to ... -
Pollinator Paradise: Restoring Bee Habitat through a Recreational and Educational Park in Los Angeles, California
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Bees play an important part in our community. They pollinate over one third of all of our food. Many people do not realize the importance of bees and pollinators and their existence. How can we educate and protect such an ... -
Instascape: Employing Social Media to Connect the Physical and Cultural Environment in Duluth’s Downtown Waterfront
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Eisenhower’s great uniting Interstate Highway System may have brought many communities closer to each other, but in many instances, severed them internally. We see this problem in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. The central ... -
Force of Nature: Encouraging Therapeutic Design and Healing through Social, Sensory and Seasonal Planning for the Stanford Broadway Medical Center
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Hospitals are revered as the epicenter of health and some doctors are even equated to gods. Modern medicine has come a long way and many lives have been spared due to medical advances of the 20th century. Yet most patients ... -
Restorative Reefs: Preserving the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Coral Reefs through Recreational Opportunities and Public Education
(North Dakota State University, 2018)In my thesis I will be going over ways in which as a landscape architect we may develop a solution to the destruction of our oceans. I will be diving deeper in the way we could design a way to help rebuild coral reefs help ... -
Breaking The Mold: Exploring the Recreation of Fitness Design in a Natural Setting
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Since the beginning of time, mankind has maintained a profound connection with their physical fitness and the World around them. However, modern day practices are distrupting these formerly innate behaviors. The lethargic ... -
Together Belize
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Developing countries are at times plagued by natural disasters, struggling economies, and inadequate housing. Many times other nations send support such as food, workers and/or supplies. Although this aid is sent with good ... -
Bully Free
(North Dakota State University, 2017)A school is not just an educational institution; it’s a place where students build their identity. While attending school, students grow in many ways. Throughout the school experience, students will grow emotionally, ... -
Connected by Nature: Linking the Public to Science
(North Dakota State University, 2017)As human development increasingly puts pressure on the natural environment, research into how to mitigate damage will be more vital than ever. Despite this, society chooses to ignore the advice of experts and disregard the ... -
Industrial Transparency: Bridging Environments Through Recognition of Industrial Process
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Industrial buildings are all too often forgotten in the world of design and urban planning. Pockets of industry buildings break up well design urban neighborhoods with their large, monolithic walls, usually set back from ... -
Precarious Landscapes: Valparaiso's Earthquake Research Center and Memorial Museum
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The relationship of humans and nature has changed over time due to the advancement of technology and science, which has led us to believe that everything in the world can be somehow explained and controlled. However, a ... -
TriPeaks Montessori
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Blending architecture with landscape is not a new feature in design. For the Montessori schooling system, directly relating the natural world into the school’s methods of teaching is crucial for the development of the ... -
Healing Pathways: The Journey to Completely Healing
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Technology has impacted the human perception of health through monumental advancements, but the process of healing has been diminished to where the sole focus of health care has become “to resolve” instead of “to heal”. ... -
A Threshold for the Homeless: Between the Smooth and the Striated
(North Dakota State University, 2017)In today’s society the homeless are often marginalized because they do not fit the normalized idea of sedentary dwelling in post-industrial societies. This leads to a misunderstanding of the motivations and personal values ... -
Urban Thaw: Encouraging Human Connection within a Winter City
(North Dakota State University, 2017)What makes urban life possible is human interaction. Without it, cities would not thrive. It has become increasingly easier for residents of cities to stay indoors and neglect the environment and people around them. In ... -
Listen: A Sensory Experience
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This thesis project uses interpretive and evaluative research methods to examine how best to bring two social circles together through intentional design, education, and immersion. The project is a design proposal for a ... -
Minimalism, Technology and Opportunity: Developing a New Olympic Prototype
(North Dakota State University, 2017)It is very important as designers to make design decisions that not only effect and create results for the immediate, current situation at hand, but it is also our responsibility to create and design with the intention of ... -
Art and Architecture: A Disposition on Play, Symbol and Festival
(North Dakota State University, 2017)This thesis examines the relationship between art and society through the lens of history. As a critique to the institution of art, the museum will confront its patrons with a distinctive experience as to what art is. ... -
Prytaneion Rediscovered: The Contiguity of Cultural Fragments
(North Dakota State University, 2017)The project explores the relationship knowledge plays in the development of communities today. By defining a space in the downtown area of St Paul, Minnesota dedicated to the exploration of cultural and historic fragments, ... -
Horizons - Bridging the Finite and Infinite to Rekindle Mankind's Cosmic Affinity
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Since its dawn, mankind’s revolutionary inventions have drastically influenced culture, redfining standing standards and practices for the sake of progress. The 21st century is just beginning, with many major technological ...